Course Title: Implementing and Maintaining Audio/Visual

Conferencing and Web Conferencing Using Microsoft Office

Communications Server 2007

Course Code: M5178 Version: ALevel: 300Duration: 2 Days

Course Overview

The Implementing and Maintaining Audio/Visual Conferencing and Web Conferencing Using Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 M5178 instructor-led training course has been designed to provide candidates with the necessary skills and knowledge required to plan, deploy, and manage audio/visual and Web conferencing by using Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.

Target Audience

Candidates who should consider attending the M5178 Microsoft training course are IT Professional infrastructure specialists, including real-time communications Technology Specialists and professional real-time communications engineers. In addition, IT Professionals in any job role that interacts with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Exchange Server will benefit from the course.

Course Objectives

On successfully completing the M5178 course candidates will be able to:

Course Prerequisites

Candidates attending the M5178 Microsoft training course should have a conceptual knowledge of and be familiar with: Active Directory, Exchange Server Messaging and SharePoint. Candidates are also required to have a fundamental knowledge of using Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2003 and a fundamental knowledge and experience of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and networking.

Candidates are also recommended to have previously attended and completed course M5177: Implementing and Maintaining Instant Messaging Using Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.

Course Content

In this module candidates will learn how Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 can provide support for on-premise conferencing and the benefits that on-premise conferencing provides over hosted conferencing solutions. In addition the module also covers the changes that need to be made to Active Directory in order to implement Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and how to deploy additional application servers, such as Internet Information Server, SQL Server 2005, and Exchange Server 2007.

In this module candidates will learn about the Enterprise Edition of Office Communications Server and how it is better suited to larger organisations as it
offers support for more users, and flexible server configuration options. The module explains how Enterprise Edition provides the capability to more easily
scale to support more users as needs change and also covers how to install the SQL Server component on a separate physical computer to provide
resilience at the back end by clustering this SQL Server.

In this module candidates will learn how to install software onto workstation computers to enable users to participate in an on-premise conference. The module also covers the three client programmes Microsoft provides for use with Office Communication Server 2007: Office Communicator 2007, Office Live Meeting 2007, and Office Live Meeting Add-In for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

Lessons:

Overview of On-Premise Conferencing Clients

Features of Office Communicator 2007

Features of Office Live Meeting 2007

Features of Office Live Meeting Add-In for Outlook

Deploying an On-Premise Conferencing Client

Deployment Methods

Deployment Considerations

Demonstration: Deploying Office Communicator 2007

Configuring User-Related Settings for an On-Premise Conference

Process of Enabling and Configuring Users

Demonstration: Configuring Users

What Are the On-Premise Conferencing Roles?

What Are the Conference Entry Control Methods?

Lab: Configuring On-Premise Conferencing

Deploying Conferencing Clients

Configuring User Accounts

After completing this module, candidates will be able to:

Identify the features of the on-premise conferencing clients

Deploy clients in an on-premise conferencing solution

Configure user accounts to support conferencing

Module 5: Working with On-Premise Web and Audio/Video Conferencing

In this module candidates will learn about how Office Communications Server 2007 supports the creation of both scheduled and unscheduled Web conferences by using Microsoft Office Live Meeting Add-In for Office Outlook 2007 and how Group Policies can be used to control how users share their data and to specify additional settings for an on-premise conference. The module also covers how Office Communications Server 2007 supports audio/video conferencing and how users can create audio/video conferences by using a variety of hardware components, including Microsoft Office RoundTable.

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